cretinous

adjective

Definition of cretinousnext
as in imbecilic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cretinous
  1. fatuous
  2. brainless
  3. vacuous
  4. brain-dead
  5. stupid
  6. idiotic
  7. unintelligent
  8. witless
Adjective
  • Second, this rationale for regulation proved to be illogical and fatuous as conceded by U.S. Courts and the Federal Communications Commission in the decades since.
    Carine Harb, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
  • This fatuous facial gesture is immediately relatable but also, as Locke discusses below, one that can be read in a number of different ways.
    Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatuous
Adjective
  • The O’Haras happen to move in next door to him. Frothy and often filthy without being brainless (send thanks across the Atlantic for that good British dialogue), this is escapism done right.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • So, what can the neuronal activity of a tiny, brainless creature possibly tell us about the evolution of our own complex brains?
    Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 15 June 2024
Definition of brainless
Adjective
  • The last thing the British royal family will be interested in is Meghan's inauthentic, cringey, vacuous celebrity cookery reality show.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Few commentators have paid much attention to these parallels, partly because the two presidents’ personalities are so different, partly because paying tribute to Reagan has long been a vacuous ritual for Republican candidates.
    Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of vacuous
Adjective
  • Before Due Date The expectant mother was pronounced brain-dead from her injuries on Sunday, Dec. 29, per Greek Reporter.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Her doctor, Jayme Locke, then an abdominal transplant surgeon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, had previously led short-term pig kidney transplants in brain-dead recipients and suggested the experimental procedure as a last resort.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of brain-dead
Adjective
  • So ridiculous the referee initially had trouble believing that anyone could be so reckless & stupid.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And there was no such thing ever as a bad decision or a stupid question.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of stupid
Adjective
  • Too many young people are making idiotic short-term financial decisions that hamper long-term success.
    Chandler Dean, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Beyond the Lungs Two other cardiac cases impressed me — and blew away the idiotic notion that young people are immune to COVID-19.
    Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2020
Definition of idiotic
Adjective
  • Growing shares in each party describe those in the other party as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans.
    NBC News, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • In short: Wells assumed Neanderthals were unintelligent brutes.
    Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of unintelligent
Adjective
  • The federal government, in all its wisdom, is once again gearing up to save the witless American people from themselves.
    Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
  • By most accounts, Trump’s ground game—powered by the witless Musk—was a bit of a mess, but Harris’s professional field operation seems to have been helpless to stem the tide of Trump’s support.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of witless
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